The black-and-white Polish film “Ida” dominated the European Film Awards on Saturday night in Latvia, winning the best-film award and also taking honors for its director, Pawel Pawlikowski, and its screenplay and cinematography.
It also won the EFA’s People’s Choice Award as the year’s best European film.
Nominees for the top prize were four foreign-language Oscar entries, “Ida,” “Force Majeure,” “Leviathan” and “Winter Sleep,” plus Lars von Trier’s “Nymphomaniac Director’s Cut – Volume I & II.”
Also read: Oscar’s Foreign Language Contenders, 2014: The Complete List
Timothy Spall was named Best European Actor for his performance in Mike Leigh’s “Mr.